*Right after the death*
"No, no, no, no, noooo."
"Not again, not again."
"Dad?" Barry whispers looking at the life less body in front of him. Tears were falling uncontrollably and he just let go.
"Dad. Nooooo" He wails. Jay already left but Barry didn't notice. He was looking into his father's fearful eyes sobbing his heart out. He tried to calls Joe. "Barry, hi. What's up?"
"J-Joe. *sniffle* Help. Please come." Barry says, still crying, and hangs up. He closes his eyes and places his head on his father's chest, bawling into his shirt.
When Joe enters the house he sees and awful sight in front of him. Barry doesn't look up from his father's body, sobbing uncontrollably.
"Barry." Joe whispers with sorrow. "Who did this?"
"Zoom." Barry replies his jaw clenched.
"I- he just-" His voice cracked and he broke out in sobs again. "Shhh, it's okay." Joe rubbed his back as Barry cried, and cried. Joe couldn't believe this was happening, again.
They were sitting there for at least an hour until Joe softly shut Henry's eyes and stood up. "Come on Barry we have to go." He said swallowing the lump in his throat. "But-"
"Barry." He stood up and walked slowly away with despair, following Joe.
Barry was biting his lip trying to stop crying, but it wasn't helping. There were police officers waiting, since Joe had called them while they were in the house. Joe quietly explained and everyone looked at Barry with sympathy.
When they were safely at home Barry went up to his room and wrapped himself in blankets. He cried himself to sleep that night.
The next day he walks into STAR labs. Cisco rushes over and gives him a tight hug. "I'm so sorry." A tear slips down Barry's cheek. He quickly wipes it away and nods.
Anabelle hadn't seen Barry in a while so she was a surprised to see him at STAR labs this morning, but boy, he was a mess. His hair was sticking up all different ways and there were bags under his eyes. "Hey are you okay?" She asks when she notices him zoning out as Cisco was talking about some metahuman attacks. He nods and goes back to staring off into space.
"Barry what's going on with you? You haven't said a word since you got here." Anabelle says. He just shakes his head and looks down. "Barry, What's wrong."
"Nothing, okay! I'm fine!" He yells and walks out of the cortex. Caitlin and Cisco exchange looks. Anabelle didn't know.
Anabelle found him standing in the hallway looking down with his arms folded. She walked over to him and could hear whimpering. She puts her hand on his cheek. "Hey look at me okay." He slowly looks up at her and she could see his face, soaked in tears. "Oh Barry." She wipes away some of the tears with her thumb. "What's wrong?"
"I can't-" Tears flowed out of his eyes like Niagara Falls as he walked away.
Barry had been running, a lot. He had been sprinting across Central City's streets for over two hours. He could see the sun starting to set and tears were streaming down his face the whole time he was running. He ran to clear his head, which seemed to be necessary lately. Barry ended up in front of Anabelle's house. She needed to know.
Anabelle heard her doorbell ring, so she shut off 'The Walking Dead' and went to the door. She creaked the door open and saw Barry standing on my porch bawling his eyes out.
"Are you okay?" She asks quickly. He shakes his head, tears falling. "Come in and sit down." Anabelle says leading him to the couch. "You stay here. I'm going to go get that ice cream we never had and then we can talk, alright?" He nods smiling a bit, but he can't stop the tears.
Anabelle returns with a bowl of Cherry Garcia ice cream for Barry and
Cookies N' Cream for herself. (Btw this is one of his favorite ice cream flavors in real life, I looked it up)
They ate their ice cream in silence and after they were done Anabelle took their bowls to put in the dishwasher. Barry had calmed down a lot when he was eating, but now he was holding back tears. "It's okay to cry Barry, it's healthy for you. If you tell me what happened it will make you feel better." She says and he nods letting the tears fall. "Well I... I just- he just..." He breaks down in sobs trying to speak. "I-I wasn't fast enough.. I could've.. S-stoped him." He crying for a couple minutes before he whispers, "Anabelle, I wasn't f-fast enough. It's my fault." He started having a meltdown, crying very loudly with a continuess river of tears. "No , no Barry it's not you fault. What do you mean you weren't fast enough?" He grows silent for a couple seconds then looks up at her.
"Anabelle I'm The Flash."
Do you guys see the changes?
